6-meter-tall "book well" a mother's monument to the need for critical thought

The impressive structure looks like a deep well when peering down from above. Photo: CFP

A 6-meter-tall well built from old textbooks has been constructed by a mother in Xi'an, China's Shaanxi Province. The mother built the well at a café using the outdated books to remind her daughter to always strive to understand the true meaning of the texts that she reads, lest she be trapped in the well of ignorance.